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1. (n.) cripple
Usu. Offensive.
2. cripple
a lame or disabled person or animal.
3. cripple
a person who is disabled in any way:
a mental cripple.
4. cripple
something impaired or flawed.
5. (v.t.) cripple
to make a cripple of; lame.
6. cripple
to disable; impair.
Etymology: (bef. 950; ME cripel, OE crypel; akin to creep)
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| Definition of 'cripple' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) cripple
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
2. (verb) cripple, stultify
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
"This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
3. (verb) cripple, lame
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
"The accident has crippled her for life"
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1. (verb) cripple
to cause sb to lose the ability to move normally
children crippled by the disease
2. cripple
to cause a system to stop functioning
a bomb that crippled the subway system; a crippling blow to the economy
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| Definition of 'cripple' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cripple
lame; halting
2. (noun) cripple
one who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled
3. (verb) cripple
to deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame
4. (verb) cripple
to deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled
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Sense: to make lame or disabled
He was crippled by a fall from a horse.
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 Afrikaans: kreupel, kruppel |
 Arabic: يَكسَح، يُقْعِـد |
 Bulgarian: осакатявам |
 Brazilian: aleijar |
 Czech: zmrzačit |
 German: zum Krüppel machen |
 Danish: lamme; invalidere |
 Greek: σακατεύω |
 Spanish: lisiado, mutilado, inváli |
 Estonian: sandistama |
 Farsi: معلول شدن؛ چلاق شدن |
 Finnish: vammautua |
 French: estropier |
 Hebrew: לַעֲשוֹתוֹ נֵכֶה |
 Hindi: अपाहिज करना |
 Croatian: osakatiti |
 Hungarian: megbénít |
 Indonesian: pincang |
 Icelandic: bækla |
 Italian: azzoppare, storpiare |
 Japanese: かたわにする |
 Korean: 불구가 되다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)luošinti, (su)žaloti |
 Latvian: []kropļot |
 Malay: tempang |
 Dutch: kreupel maken |
 Norwegian: gjøre til krøpling, bli u |
 Polish: okaleczyć |
 Persian: معلول شدن؛ چلاق شدن |
 Pashto: معلول یا معیوب کیدل |
 Portuguese: aleijar(-se) |
 Romanian: a schilodi |
 Russian: (по)калечить(ся) |
 Slovak: zmrzačiť |
 Slovenian: pohabiti (se) |
 Serbian: obogaljiti |
 Swedish: göra till krympling, leml |
 Thai: ทำให้พิการ |
 Turkish: sakat bırakmak, kötürüm e |
 Taiwanese: 使跛 |
 Ukrainian: калічити; позбавляти прац |
 Urdu: لنگڑا کر درینا |
 Vietnamese: làm què quặt |
 Chinese: 使跛 |
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